The philosophy of historical case studies. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tilman Sauer, Raphael Scholl.
• Editors: Sauer, Tilman
• Contents: Introduction; Tilman Sauer and Raphel Scholl -- Chapter 1: Telling and Evaluating Philosophical Tales about the Scientific Past; Theodore Arabatzis -- Chapter 2: "Baseline" and "Snapshot": Some Philosophical Reflections on an Approach to Historical Case Studies; Giora Hon -- Chapter 3: The Pluralism of Theory-Laden Narratives: Can Case Studies Decide Arguments in the Philosophy of Science? Katherina Kinzel -- Chapter 4: The Lotka-Volterra Model Revisited; Tarja Knuuttila and Andrea Loettgers -- Chapter 5: Underdetermination in 19th Century Electrodynamics: Developing a Philosophical Position Based on a Historical Case Study; Wolfgang Pietsch -- Chapter 6: Case Studies: Why the Philosopher's Dilemma Misses the Point; Kärin Nickelsen -- Chapter 7: Multiple Perspectives on the Stern-Gerlach Experiment; Tilman Sauer -- Chapter 8: The Role of Case Studies in the New Experimentalism; Friedrich Steinle -- Chapter 9: Towards a Methodology for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science; Raphael Scholl and Tim Räz -- Chapter 10: The Discovery of Elementary Particles: Why We Should Bother about the Ways of Telling the Story; Adrian Wüthrich.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages.)
• Subjects: 509.0072; History; Science -- Historiography; Science_xPhilosophy; Science -- Historiography; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319302294; 3319302299
• Related ISBNs: 9783319302270; 3319302272
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.